William-Louis Ternaux

William-Louis Ternaux (1763-1833) was a French liberal politician during the Bourbon Restoration era.

Biography
William-Louis Ternaux was born in Sedan, France in 1763, and he established the largest woolen manufacturer during the First French Empire. He had been exiled from 1792 to 1798 during the French Revolution, during which time he studied the woolens business abroad. During the Bourbon Restoration period, Ternaux served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1818 to 1824 and from 1827 to 1831, and he was ennobled in 1819 as a reward for his contribution to that year's Industrial Exhibition at the Louvre. However, he moved to the left during the 1820s, and, on 2 May 1823, he hosted a party for liberals at the petit chateau of Saint-Ouen to rival the reception held in honor of King Louis XVIII of France at Zoe Talon du Cayla's main chateau. Ternaux also rivalled Du Cayla in the wool industry, importing goats from Tibet, while cayla imported merino sheep from Spain. Ternaux died in 1833.